Temescal Butterfield stage station

The Temescal Butterfield stage station is the site where the Butterfield Overland Mail stagecoach stopped to deliver mail and get fresh horses in what is now Riverside County, California. The Temescal Butterfield stage station was designated a California Historic Landmark (No.188) on June 20, 1935. The site of the Temescal Butterfield stage station is currently near the City of Corona along Temescal Canyon Road. The first stagecoach with mail and passengers departed Tipton, Missouri on September 15, 1858. The stagecoach stopped at the Temescal Butterfield stage station and arrived at the Butterfield Overland Mail Company Los Angeles Building on October 7, 1858. The Butterfield Overland Mail Company closed in 1861.[1]

Blythe Intake
Butterfield stage station Corona in 1860
Location	20730 Temescal Canyon Rd, Corona, California
Coordinates	33°48′59″N 117°30′31″W
Built	1858

California Historical Landmark
Designated	June 20, 1935
Reference no.	188


Location of Blythe Intake in California

Butterfield Stage Stop Temecula in 1860

Butterfield and signature

The Temescal Butterfield stage station was built five miles north of the Temescal Hot Springs, ten miles north of Rancho La Laguna station and twenty miles south of the Chino Rancho station. The Temescal Butterfield stage station was "at the foot of the Temescal hills, a splendid place to camp, wood and water plenty, and protected from the winds." [2] Temescal had its own post office from February 12, 1861 to November 12, 1861.[3] Around this location, the settlement of Temescal grew over the next few decades. By 1860, Greenwade's Place at Temescal, 3 miles north of the stage station, was a polling place for southwestern San Bernardino County. Voting irregularities there that year resulted in a court case between the candidates for a California State Assembly seat. The trial was so contentious it included the shooting of Bethel Coopwood, one of the opposing lawyers by the other in court, before the results could be determined.

Marker

Marker on the site, 20730 Temescal Canyon Road, Corona, reads:[4]

NO. 188 BUTTERFIELD STAGE STATION - Site of Butterfield Stage Station where mail was delivered and horses changed. The first stage carrying overland mail left Tipton, Missouri on September 15, 1858 and, passing through Temescal, arrived in Los Angeles October 7, 1858.

References

California Parks, Temescal Butterfield stage station
William H. Brewer, Up and down California, pp. 34-39
Frickstad, Walter N., A Century of California Post Offices 1848-1954, Philatelic Research Society, Oakland, CA. 1955, pp. 126-135
californiahistoricallandmarks.com 188, Temescal Butterfield stage station

Butterfield Overland Mail stations

Butterfield Overland Mail 1st Division Stations

San Francisco – Western terminus and 1st Division headquarters, located in downtown San Francisco.
Clarks's Station – Located 12 miles south of San Francisco in what is now San Bruno.
Sun Water Station – Located 9 miles south of Clarks Station in what is now San Mateo.
Redwood City – Located 9 miles south of Sun Water Station.
Mountain View Station – Located 12 miles south of Redwood City.
San Jose Station – Located 11 miles south of Mountain View Station in the city of San Jose.
Seventeen Mile House – Located 17 miles south of San Jose.
Gilroy Station – Located 13 miles south of Seventeen Mile House in what is now Gilroy, California.
Pacheco Pass Station – Located 18 miles east of Gilroy near the top of Pacheco Pass.
St. Louis Ranch – Located 17 miles east of Pacheco Pass.
Lone Willow Station – Located 18 miles east of St. Louis Ranch near Los Banos.
Temple's Ranch – Located 13 miles southeast of Lone Willow Station near Dos Palos.
Firebaugh's Ferry – Located 15 miles southeast of Temples Ranch, on the San Joaquin River.
Fresno City – Located 19 miles southeast of Firebaugh's Ferry.
Elkhorn Spring Station – Located 22 miles east of Fresno City near present-day Riverdale.
Whitmore's Ferry – Located 17 miles southeast of Elkhorn Spring Station on the Kings River.
Head of Cross Creek Station – Located 15 miles southeast of Whitmore's Ferry.
Visalia – Located 12 miles southeast of Cross Creek Station.
Packwood Station – Located 12 miles east of Visalia.
Tule River Station – Located 14 miles south of Packwood Station.
Fountain Spring Station – Located 14 miles southeast of Tule River Station.
Mountain House – Located 12 miles south of Fountain Spring Station.
Posey Creek Station – Located 15 miles southwest of Mountain House, on Posey (Poso) Creek.
Gordon's Ferry (Kern River Station) – Located 10 miles south of Posey Creek Station on the Kern River just above present-day Bakersfield.
Kern River Slough Station – Located 12 miles south of Gordons Ferry.
Sink of Tejon Station – Located 14 miles southwest of Kern River Slough Station.
Fort Tejon – Located 15 miles southwest of Sink of Tejon Station, north of and below the summit of Tejon Pass.
Reed's Station – Located 8 miles southeast of Fort Tejon, near, to the south of the summit of the Tejon Pass.
French John's Station – Located 14 miles east southeast of Reeds Station, in the vicinity of the mouth of Cow Springs Creek Canyon.
Mud Spring, a later station operating in 1860, 14 miles east from French Johns and 13 miles north from Clayton's Station (formerly Widow Smith's Station). [1]
Widow Smith's Station (Clayton's Station, Major Gordon's Station) – Located 24 miles from French John's Station, in upper San Francisquito Canyon near Green Valley.
King's Station – Located 10 miles south of Widow Smith's Station in lower San Francisquito Canyon.
Hart's Station or Lyons Station – Located 12 miles south of King's Station, near Santa Clara River.
Lopez Station – Located 8¹⁄₂ miles southeast of Hart's Station, in the San Fernando Valley north of Mission San Fernando Rey de España.
Cahuenga Station – Located 12 miles southeast of Mission San Fernando, in Cahuenga Pass, of the Santa Monica Mountains. The first station of the 1st Division, it was located 12 miles northwest of Los Angeles.

Source: "List of Butterfield Overland Mail Stations "Itinerary of the Route"" (PDF). New York Times. October 14, 1858.

[1] Notes of a Trip to Los Angeles No. 1, Daily Alta California, Volume 12, Number 3888, 5 October 1860 — Page 1

Butterfield Overland Mail 2nd Division Stations

Los Angeles – Located 12 miles southeast of Cahuenga Station in the pueblo of Los Angeles. The 2nd Division headquarters was in a brick building, consisting of an office, blacksmith shop, stables and sheds.
Monte – Located 13 miles east of Los Angeles.
Rancho San Jose – Located 12 miles east of Monte in present-day Pomona.
Rancho Santa Ana del Chino – Located 12 miles southeast of Rancho San Jose.
Temescal Station – Located 20 miles southeast of Rancho Santa Ana del Chino.
Laguna Grande Station – Located 10 miles southeast of Temescal Station, near present-day Lake Elsinore.
Alamos or Willow Springs Station – a later station, 11 miles south of Laguna Grande Station.
Temecula Station – Located 21 miles southeast of Laguna Grande Station.
Tejungo Station – Located 14 miles east of Temecula Station, near Aguanga
Oak Grove Stage Station – Located 12 miles southeast of Tejungo Station.
Warner's Ranch – Located 10 miles southeast of Oak Grove Station.
San Felipe Station – Located 10 miles southeast of Warner's Ranch, northwest of nearby Scissors Crossing.
Vallecito Station – Located 18 miles southeast of San Felipe Station.
Palm Spring Station – Located 9 miles southeast of Vallecito Station at Palm Spring.
Carrizo Creek Station – Located 9 miles east southeast of Palm Spring Station.
Sackett's Wells – a later station, located 17¹⁄₂ miles east southeast of Carrizo Creek Station, 15 miles west northwest of Indian Wells.
Indian Wells Station – Located 32 miles southeast of Carisso Creek, near present day Heber, no water except at station.
New River Station – a later station, located 15 miles southeast of Indian Wells Station, in Baja California, 14 miles west of Alamo Mocho Station, in present day Mexicali.
Alamo Mocho Station – Located south of the Mexican border in Baja California, 38 miles east of Indian Wells Station, no water except at station.
Gardner's Wells Station – a later station, located south of the Mexican border in Baja California, 9 miles east of Alamo Mocho and 9 miles west of Seven Wells.
Salt or Seven Wells – a later well, located south of the Mexican border in Baja California, 18 miles east of Alamo Mucho.
Cooke's Wells Station – Located south of the Mexican border in Baja California, 22 miles east of Alamo Mocho Station, no water except at station.
Pilot Knob Station – Located 18 miles east of Cooke's Wells.
Fort Yuma Station – Located 10 miles east of Pilot Knob Station.

Source: "List of Butterfield Overland Mail Stations "Itinerary of the Route"" (PDF). New York Times. October 14, 1858.

Butterfield Overland Mail 3rd Division Stations
Swiveler's Mission Camp Filibusters Camp Antelope Peak Peterman's (Mohawk) Texas Hill Griswell's Flap-Jack Ranch Burke's Oatman's Flat Murderer's Grave Gila Ranch Desert Maricopa Wells Casa Blanca Socatoon Oneida Blue Water Picacho Pointer Mountain Tucson
Source: "List of Butterfield Overland Mail Stations "Itinerary of the Route"" (PDF). New York Times. October 14, 1858.

Butterfield Overland Mail 4th Division Stations
Seneca Spring (Cienaga Spring) San Pedro Dragoon Springs Ewell Apache Pass San Simon Stein's Peak Mexican Springs (Barney's) Soldiers Farewell Ojo de Vaca Miembre's River (Rio Mimbres, Mowry City) Cooke's Spring Goodsight Rough and Ready Pichaco Mesilla Fort Fillmore Cottonwoods Franklin

Butterfield Overland Mail 5th Division Stations
Franklin
Pope's Road	Hueco Tanks Ojos de los Alamos Station Cornudas de Los Alamos Station Crow Springs Station Pinery Independence Spring Delaware Springs Pope's Camp Emigrant Crossing
Lower Road	Ysleta Socorro San Elizario Birchville (Smith's Ranch) Fort Quitman Eagle Spring Van Horns Wells Deadman's Hole Spring (El Muerto) Barrel Springs Fort Davis Limpia Barela Springs Leon Springs Camp Stockton
Horsehead Crossing Mustang Waterholes Llano Estacado Camp Johnston Head of Concho Grape Creek Colorado River Fort Chadbourne

Butterfield Overland Mail 6th Division Stations
Valley Creek Mountain Pass Phantom Hill Smith's Station Clear Fork Franz's (Francis') Fort Belknap Station Murphy's Jacksboro
1858-60	Earhart's Conolly's Davidsen's Gainesville Diamond's March 1861.
1860-61	Bridgeport White Rock Decatur Denton Pilot Point
Sherman Station - Located 15 miles from Diamond's Station. Colbert's Ferry - Located 13 ¹⁄₂ miles from Sherman Station, ferry crossing of the Red River to Indian Territory.

Butterfield Overland Mail 7th Division Stations
Colbert's Ferry Fisher's Nail's Boggy Depot Geary's Waddell's Blackburn's Pusley's Riddle's Holloway's Trahern's Walker's Fort Smith Source: "List of Butterfield Overland Mail Stations "Itinerary of the Route"" (PDF). New York Times. October 14, 1858.

Butterfield Overland Mail 8th Division Stations
to Memphis	Fort Smith Charleston Paris Stinnett's Dardanelle Norristown Pottsville Inn Hurricane Lewisburg Plumer's Cadron Station Atlanta Des Arc Madison Memphis
to Tipton	Fort Smith Van Buren Woolsey's (Signal Hill) Brodie's(Lee Creek) Park's Fayetteville Fitzgerald's Callahan's Harbin's Crouch's Smith's Ashmore's Springfield Evan's Smith's Bolivar Yoast's Quincy Bailey's Warsaw Burns' Mulholland's Schackleford's Tipton (Pacific Railroad to St. Louis)
Source: "List of Butterfield Overland Mail Stations "Itinerary of the Route"" (PDF). New York Times. October 14, 1858.

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Temescal Butterfield stage station

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